Toula

Meaning & origin

No verified etymology recorded for this name yet — the entries below are drawn from usage statistics and the name graph.

Other names spelled this way◐(inferred from the name graph)

Toula is also recorded as 5 other names, grouped separately because the records behind them do not connect to the one described above.

• Greek given name4 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States, Greece, Canada, Cyprus

  Also written Τουλα, Τούλα, Tula

• French given name8 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in France, United States, Canada, Belgium

  Also written Toùla, Toûlà, Tôulā, Toûla, Ťoúlä

• a separate name3 spellings in the group

  Also written Töülä

• Thai given name70 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in Thailand, United States, Laos, Philippines

  Languages: Thai, Lao

  Also written ตุลา, ติลา, ตุลาการ, ธิลา, ทิลา

• Finnish given name3 spellings in the group

  Most recorded in United States

  Languages: Finnish, Estonian

  Also written Tõula

32 further groups record this spelling and are not listed here.

Grouping is the name graph's, not a register's: two spellings join a group when the evidence links them, so a group is a claim about the records rather than about the people.

Other recorded senses●(measured from records)

Toula is also recorded in one other lexicon, as a different name or as an ordinary word. These are senses of the spelling, not of the name above.

• In sce, to count

  as a word·kaikki.org Wiktionary extract (IPA + transliterations)

Ordered by how much of this spelling's record each language holds, so a sense from a language the name is barely used in sits last rather than first.

Notable people with this name●(measured from records)

• Toula Limnaiosb. 1963GRGreek choreographer
• Toula Buonocoreactress

The ten people covered by the most Wikipedia language editions — a proxy for cross-cultural notability, which favours historical and Western figures over equally prominent contemporary ones — shown by birth year. Source: Wikidata (CC0).

How to address them○(machine-generated)

A formal English salutation is built on the surname, so it needs a full name — on its own, a first name only supports the informal form.

Evidence●(measured from records)

Register rows as of the 2026-10-09 data build.

Frequently asked questions

How do you pronounce Toula?

A machine transcription gives /toʊʊlə/ (IPA) for English.

Is Toula a male or female name?

Toula is a female name in our records. Opposite-gender entries fall within the cross-gender noise we measure in the source data, so we don't report them as usage.

In which country does Toula have the most bearers?

In the United States, the national register counted about 449 people named Toula, more than in any other country we hold, where it is most often spelled toula.

How common is the name Toula?

In the United States, the national register counted 449 people named Toula in 2020, about 1 in 741 thousand residents.